Alan Gatewood Wenger 1934 - 2009 As many of you know, we received very bad news while we were in Brazil: on September 22nd, my dad, Alan Wenger, passed away while on vacation with my mom and sister in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They'd gone down for Dad's 75th birthday, and he died quite suddenly. We left Brazil as soon as possible and went to join them. Since then, we had Dad's memorial service, and we were honored to be joined by so many family members and so very many friends. As you might expect, our travel blog has taken a [View Full Entry]

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Well, I wasn't a teenager during the fifties or the next decade (preteen during the last portion), but I did watch American Bandstand and the reruns for those events. I grew up with a mother that made the oldies music and dance a great favorite of mine. Friend George was again in the US from his work in EG. His 'parents' were out of town and the party was on! What fun we all had traveling to his house, dressing up and chowing down hamburgers, fries and cherry pie!! A friend of George's provided the music (not all true fifties), the [View Full Entry]

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Houston and Dallas, Texas - 10th-13th October Having left the mozi’s at the rest area on the interstate we headed on towards Houston KOA campsite where we were met by what can only be described as a gerbil on drugs. She was a very nice lady it was just everything was done with a crooked head, super fast and garbled. A quick hand dip in the pool confirmed it would be nice to swim so we went for a quick refreshing dip. Doddy got talking to a campsite resident called Thumper who invited us to put some food on his BBQ. [View Full Entry]

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Ernest and I were honored at a dinner Sunday night, October 11. Our hosts were Ernest's brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Ruiling, his cousins, Sonny and Barbara Tang, and his very close friends, Carl and Penny Lindsey. It was a great gift to us. We were able to enjoy time with Ernest's family and friends, while enjoying some fine Chinese cuisine of Peking Duck, lobster, clams and several other dishes, plus several bottles of wine and champagne. Some of Ernest's co-workers were there in addition regular members of the Sunday dinner group. Ernest's parents started the dinner group o [View Full Entry]

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Our engagement photo taken in August, 2009 [View Full Entry]

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Um...did this work? I hope so. [View Full Entry]

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Well, kids, it’s over. Texas Red has returned home to H-Town and his girlfriend, pony-sized puppy, air conditioning, and Tex-Mex. What more can you ask for? Oh, I don’t know, mountain vistas, cool and fresh air, towering trees, green cities, damn-good coffee, prime cycling trails, the Pacific Ocean? It’s too bad you can’t bring your vacation home with you—besides pictures, shot glasses, magnets, memories, and whatnot. A lot of good times were had; even more miles were flown and driven. Needless to say, this was less a vacation than a marathon. So much to see an [View Full Entry]

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We just got back from our summer vacation. Four weeks in the Outback and we didn’t even leave the U.S. The Outback we were in is our travel trailer, so if you wanted to hear about Australia you are at the wrong blog. As I had little internet access during our trip, my blogs will have a delay. Radio often uses a 7 second delay. Halftime Superbowl does not. Mine will be more like 3 weeks. I once hopped that my blogs would help save my sanity, but quickly realized that is not possible. I’m sure that a few (very few) [View Full Entry]

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They say a journey is only as good as its guide. On July 12, the first day of Generalissimo and Jenny Karankawa’s 24-day trek, the duo fell into the hands of Juan Rambo. Juan Rambo is one with the Utah wilds, and if you thought your father was thrifty, try the wilderness quest contingent. J Rambo met us at the Grand Junction, CO, airport in his house. Yes, J Rambo likes to keep things on the move in his red pick-up. The bed of the truck has been built split-level—downstairs for storage, upstairs for J Rambo’s trusty companion Yunkyard. We settled [View Full Entry]

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Today I left Finn to go visit my relatives that live in Houston. I had been here in the end of April and seen everyone so it wasn’t much of a grand affair. But it was fun. My mom’s uncle John (my great uncle), her cousin John Ross, a friend of theirs, Gary, and I played golf near Ellington Air Force Base in the morning. My golf game was lousy except the last five holes (+2) when I remembered how to play. But we had a lot of fun regardless of the scoring. That’s what good company and some beer will [View Full Entry]

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